Word Meaning 妻妾

さいしょう saishou

妻妾 is read as さいしょう (saishou) and means one's wife and mistress(es).

Meaning

English

  1. one's wife and mistress(es)

Reading

Kana

さいしょう

Romaji

saishou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻

いっとうにひさんしょうしぎごさい

(the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife

妻子

めこ

wife

つま

wife

妻帯

さいたい

having a wife

妻子を携える

さいしをたずさえる

to be accompanied by one's family

妻子持ち

さいしもち

man with wife and kids

妻入

つまいり

Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides

妻戸

つまど

(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home

妻女

さいじょ

one's wife

妻夫

めおと

married couple

妻壁

つまかべ

gable wall

妻白

つまじろ

silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)